Bridge to recovery using an Impella 2.5 device in a 3-year-old child.
Kira KuschnerusChristoph T StarckEvgenij V PotapovMi-Young ChoPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2023)
Mechanical support options for children and small adolescents with acute left ventricular failure are often limited to extracorporeal life support (ECLS) and subsequent left ventricular assist device implantation. We report a case of a 3-year-old child weighing 12 kg with acute humoral rejection after cardiac transplantation not adequately responding to medical therapy who presented in persistent low cardiac output syndrome. We successfully stabilized the patient by implanting a Impella 2.5 device via a 6-mm Hemashield prosthesis on the right axillary artery. The patient was bridged to recovery.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular assist device
- left ventricular
- liver failure
- case report
- young adults
- respiratory failure
- mental health
- healthcare
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- aortic dissection
- heart failure
- drug induced
- immune response
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- acute myocardial infarction
- physical activity
- lymph node
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- aortic stenosis
- hepatitis b virus
- squamous cell carcinoma
- mechanical ventilation
- mitral valve
- ejection fraction
- left atrial
- rectal cancer
- aortic valve